Activities at the FHNW
- Group Leader Lightweight Design and Composite Technologies at the FHNW Institute of Polymer Engineering
- Lecturer for fiber composite materials
Research
- Development of design methods and design concepts for composite structures
- Manufacturing simulation for draping, infusion, curing, warping, etc.
- Multi-physical modeling and calculation methods
- Material development
Teaching
Profile
Biography
Since 2022 Initiator and member of the Advisory Boards of the NTN Innovation Booster Plastics for Zero Emission
Since 2018 President of Composite United Switzerland
Since 2017 head of the competence field lightweight construction and fiber bundle technology at the FHNW
2011-2016 Head of Structural Mechanics & Simulation at the Fiber Institute in Bremen
2009-2011 Research Associate at the Fiber Institute in Bremen
2008-2009 calculation engineer and software developer at SAMTECH GmbH, Hamburg
2006-2008 Master's degree (M.Sc.) "Computer Aided Mechanical Engineering" at the FH Flensburg
2005-2006 designer for structures in the plastic fiber composite at the company Silence Aircraft GmbH
1991-2005 Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (Dipl.-Ing. FH) at the FH Bielefeld
Memberships
- Initiator and member of the Advisory Boards des NTN Innovation Booster Plastics for Zero Emission
- Board president of the Composite United Switzerland
- Member of AM Network
- Member of Nafems composite work group
- Member of SAMPE Schweiz
Projects
- Infrared controlled curing of thermoset composites
- Herstellung von Prepreg auf Labormassstab
- FIMATEST verbessert die Bestimmung der Faser-Matrix Auszugskräfte
- Mit Abfall aus der Flugindustrie zu neuen Höhenflügen
- LiteWWeight®: Eine Verbindungs-Technologie für Sandwichmaterialien
- Hochleistungs-Verbundstrukturen für hohe Temperaturlasten
- Der «Digitale Zwilling» optimiert die Fertigung von Verbundwerkstoffen
- Additive Fusion Technology für strukturelle CFK Bauteile
- Robotergestützte additive Fertigung
- FHNW-Projekt SuCoHS (Sustainable and Cost Efficient High Performance Composite)
- Ortho Evolution: Schuhkonzept und Stabilisierungssystem
- Robotersegment für Raumfahrtanwendung
- Adaptive Wasserturbinenblätter
